This application was developed in response to a call for applications from the CRC and in consultation with Ms Jayne Gallagher, Mr Bob Fleming and Mrs. Emily Mantilla. The initiative was discussed with, and is endorsed by, Mr. Mark Boucher of Sydney Fish Markets, Dr. Rob Chandler of Simplot and Dr...
Traditionally, fisheries management plans and regulations have evolved over time and in response to ecological, economic, societal and industry imperatives. In many cases, the changes to the plans and regulations are introduced as a result of specific often urgent request and under intense political...
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Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Inc (WAFIC)
The Australian Abalone Growers Association met in September 2009 and identified priority areas for R&D. This proposal was developed to address these priorities in consultation with industry representatives. These priorities (highest priority is 5) are listed by AAGA as 'Investigation into the...
This application has been developed in response to a request by Clean Seas tuna. The company currently has SBT and YTK broodstock, and each of these stocks has a number of bottlenecks and
commercial limitations which need to be resolved. This project is a follow up of the SBT maturation project...
The Seafood CRC now 'owns' the most up-to-date and extensive research data on how and why consumers purchase and consume seafood, gathered through a variety of projects including Repositioning Australian Farmed Barramundi, the Omnibus Survey and the Retail Transformation project to name a few. The...
This project is designed to provide easy access seafood training to an industry that has many difficulties in releasing their apprentices to attend trade school (apprentice chefs only receive four days of formal seafood training at TAFE during their apprenticeship which is the same amount of time...
Aquaculture is fast emerging as the sustainable alternative to the commercial fishing industry. Within Australia the expansion of the industry is in line with the international trend. Total global production of salmonids was reported to exceed 2.2 million metric tonne in 2007, with Australia...
The South Australian sardine fishery is Australia’s largest volume single species fishery. In 2008/09 26,692 tonnes of sardines were harvested with a value of $16.3M (Knight et al., 2009). The Total Allowable Commercial Catch (TACC) is set bi-annually for the fishery. A baseline TACC of 30,000...